Pinecone

Pinecone is a managed vector database service optimized for handling vector embeddings at scale. It provides straightforward APIs and infrastructure management, making it popular for adding vector search capabilities to modern applications.

About this tool

Pinecone

Pinecone is a fully managed vector database service designed for handling vector embeddings at scale, enabling efficient vector search and retrieval for AI-powered applications.

Features

  • Fully Managed & Serverless: Pinecone is a fully managed, serverless database that automatically scales resources based on demand.
  • Rapid Setup: Vector databases can be launched in seconds.
  • Advanced Retrieval Capabilities: Supports precise search across dynamic datasets with high recall and low latency.
  • Hybrid Search: Combines sparse (keyword-based) and dense (embedding-based) search for robust and accurate results.
  • Real-time Indexing: Vectors are dynamically indexed in real-time, supporting fresh reads on upserts and updates.
  • Metadata Filtering: Retrieve vectors matching specific metadata filters.
  • Namespaces: Supports data partitioning through namespaces for tenant isolation and organizational use cases.
  • Full-text Search: Allows exact keyword matching with sparse indexes.
  • Rerankers: Additional layer of precision by reranking search results for higher relevance.
  • Integrations: Compatible with various cloud providers, data sources, models, and frameworks.
  • Security: Encryption at rest and in transit, hierarchical encryption keys, private networking.
  • Compliance: SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001, and HIPAA certified.
  • Reliability: High uptime SLAs, support SLAs, and observability for mission-critical applications.
  • Flexible Embedding Support: Use Pinecone's hosted models or bring your own vectors.

Pricing

  • Free Tier: Create your first index for free.
  • Pay-as-you-go: Scale and pay based on usage as your needs grow.

(For detailed pricing plans, refer to Pinecone Pricing Page)

Category

  • Vector Database Engines

Tags

  • managed-service
  • vector-search
  • scalable
  • ai

Information

PublisherFox
PublishedMay 13, 2025